Adverbs Ending in '-ísimo/ísima'

Spanish: Cambridge International GCSE, topic 11.6.10

Adverbs Ending in '-ísimo/-ísima'

Adverbs ending in '-ísimo/-ísima' express ‘very’ or ‘extremely’. They express a high degree of a quality.

Adverbs ending in '-ísimo/-ísima'

Adverbs ending in '-ísimo/-ísima'

These adverbs mean ‘very’ or ‘extremely’.
To create the superlative, first you need to delete the last vowel of the adverb.
Then, you add '-ísimo' at the end.
mucho $\rightarrow$ muchísimo - a lot
rápido $\rightarrow$ rapidísimo - (very) fast
lejos $\rightarrow$ lejísimos - (very) far away

Changes in orthography

Changes in orthography

Sometimes, we need to change the orthography when we add '-isimo'.
cerca (close) $\rightarrow$ cerquísima
poco (little) $\rightarrow$ poquísimo

Adverbs ending in '-ente'

Adverbs ending in '-ente'

In these cases, the suffix '-ísima' (feminine singular) is usually inserted between the root of the original adjective.
rápido (rapid) → rápidamente (rapidly) → rapidísimamente (very rapidly)

Adverbs that do not take '-ísimo'

Adverbs that do not take '-ísimo'

bien - well
mal- bad

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